BISMARCK, N. D. – Out of concern for the safety of thousands of participants and spectators, the 2020 United Tribes Technical College International Powwow has been cancelled, as well as all events associated with “United Tribes Events Week,” scheduled for Sept. 8-13. Members of the college’s events committees made the
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ALBUQUERQUE – The Navajo Nation is still seeing an increase in the number of cases of coronavirus, but the rate of increase is slowing, said Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez. This decline can be seen in the decrease in the numbers of coronavirus patients in hospitals. In a town hall
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As thousands of South Dakotans respond to the murder of George Floyd with protests and marches across the state, the ACLU of South Dakota supports the protestors’ cause and is calling for meaningful change for people who have been subjected to systemic or individual racism at the hands of the
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Editor’s Note: This article, Part 2 about a very successful Native teen, Corrin LaMere, Sheridan, WY was nearly the victim the covid-19 virus frenzy. Part 1 was printed just before the NSNT closed for several weeks; and then many of us, including Corrin were nearly impossible to contact during the
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After the Walk/Stand Up for George event in Memorial Park, a smaller group of protestors left the walk and demonstrated outside of the Public Safety Building. RAPID CITY – “We had a rainbow here today,” Selwyn Jones, uncle of George Floyd, said about a May 30 “Walk/Stand Up for George”
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Oglala Lakota tike Lucas Weston is following protocol, protecting himself and family from the Covid-19 pandemic, and “loves wearing his mask,” says his mother Dana K. Richards. Credit COURTESY / Dana K. Richards FLANDREAU – As of June 1, U.S. Census Bureau decennial survey personnel had missed their 2020 field
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OFFER leader Ronald L. Neiss urges tribal governments to “step up to the assistance plate to help those tribal members who have fallen through the cracks” of the stimulus payment system. PART III ROSEBUD – On May 28, Rosebud Sioux Tribal President Rodney Bordeaux said his government “can help
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By Mary Papenfuss A health team from Doctors Without Borders has been dispatched to the Navajo Nation to help the tribe’s struggle with a rate of coronavirus infections that’s higher than any state in America. As of Sunday, the country’s most populous reservation had logged at least 100 deaths due
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HETTINGER, ND – “Buffalo Tales & Trails,” a new Blog and website focusing on America’s new national mammal, the bison, or buffalo, will launch May 5. Subscriptions are available free at www.buffalotalesandtrails.com. The blog is written by Francie M. Berg, author of 3 books on buffalo. Her latest book “Buffalo
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By Asha Glover WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ended South Dakota’s efforts to tax spending by nontribal members at a Native American casino, turning down the state’s challenge to an Eighth Circuit holding in favor of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. South Dakota had sought to overturn
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